Eastern Guilford girls rattle Ravenscroft

Saturday

Dec 28, 2013 at 12:01 AMDec 28, 2013 at 1:18 AM

Times-News

GIBSONVILLE — Callie Patterson fired in 22 points and Ariel Shears added 17 to make sure that Eastern Guilford will be represented in the girls’ championship game tonight in the Eastern Guilford Christmas Holiday Tournament.

The Wildcats defeated Ravenscroft 55-44 in Friday night’s last semifinal.

Eastern Guilford (7-4) will face McMichael at 7 tonight. Both teams are members of the Mid-State 3-A Conference.

Eastern Guilford built a 19-6 advantage after the first quarter with defensive pressure, then spread the margin to 31-15 at halftime. The Ravens, who were led by Nandi Traywick with 13 points and Cailin Dorsey with 11, outscored the Wildcats in the third and fourth quarters but couldn’t overcome the gap.

“Our focus has been to stop dribble-drive penetration, and I thought we did a good job of that in the first part of the game, put a lot of defensive pressure on them,” Eastern Guilford coach Kris Britton said. “It seemed to give them trouble initially. By the second half, they kind of settled down and weathered it a little better. ...

“Most teams have to (find) the offensive rhythm, and ... they never seemed comfortable offensively.”